International Laws and Treaties

THE ISSUE: An estimated 11 million people are living and in many cases working in the United States illegally. The questions of what to do with them and how to curb future illegal immigration have been a campaign issue for more than a decade. Never more so than now. Illegal immigration goes to the heart of Donald Trump's presidential campaign. It's a source of his strength among supporters, contention among critics and confusion over what he really intends to do.

The long debate over immigration in Congress has focused on which should come first: stiffer enforcement at the border and inside the country or a path to legal status for the millions of people who are...

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THE ISSUE: An estimated 11 million people are living and in many cases working in the United States illegally. The questions of what to do with them and how to curb future illegal immigration have been a campaign issue for more than a decade. Never more...

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During his first stop in the Lehigh Valley since formally kicking off his Senate campaign, Democrat Joe Sestak took aim at one of his two opponents — but not the one he'll be facing first.
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As President Barack Obama makes the case for expansive new trade agreements, he has had to contend with the vexing image of the last big trade deal debated in the national spotlight, the North American Free Trade Agreement. In the perception of some...

— Allentown Mayor and U.S. Senate candidate Ed Pawlowski says he has concerns about the potential effects of a trade agreement the Obama administration is crafting with Japan and 10 other Pacific countries.
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It's possible that negotiations with Iran regarding that country's nuclear intentions will conclude with an agreement that could affect the future of the civilized world. If that happens, the U.S. Constitution comes into play. In Article 2, it states that...

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I completely agree with Rick Daugherty's Your View regarding the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. Over the last 40 years, these types of agreements have eliminated many U.S. jobs and have lowered our standard of living, while providing little...

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Last August, our Nobel Peace Prize laureate, President Barack Obama, admitted that "we tortured some folks," but then added, this is "not who we are." At best, his statement was a half-truth.
First, it's not "some" folks but massive numbers over a long...

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On Monday, the 20th Conference of the Parties (COP20) will commence in Lima, Peru, to continue attempts to draft a global treaty on climate change.
It has been 25 years since the international community called for action on greenhouse gases. When the...

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Donald Trump’s aggressively tough speech on immigration buried the notion that he planned to pivot away from the posture that got him the Republican nomination to a gentler position tailored for more moderate general election voters, Republicans included....

Donald Trump and his aides used to say that voters didn't care about the nitty-gritty of policy details. But now those details are tripping up his campaign.
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